Online
9 October – 4 December 2021 (no class 6 November) 8 week series
Saturdays 9:30 - 10:45 am AEDT (Melbourne Australia tome)
$48 – $160 AUD Sliding scale.
At its heart, this is a practice of attending to what is, at it is, as we are. It invites seeing and touching the magical in the mundane, the extraordinary in the ordinary. Contemplative movement and photography can be practiced anywhere, by anyone with a camera.
This 8-week online course introduces contemplative photography from a somatics, embodied approach drawing on Body-Mind Centering®. In weekly zoom classes experience guided somatic movement meditations that engage perceptual process. Play with ways of attending to and framing experience, and evoke creative perspectives on movement and the visual world. Meditation practice leads into a weekly theme to guide your contemplative photography practice for the week. Particpants are invited to join a Slack workspace to share photos, resources and discussion.
More information at https://kimsargentwishart.com/2021/08/26/somatic-meditation-photography-2/
Kim Sargent-Wishart (RSME, RSMT, PhD) is an artist, researcher, educator & writer specializing in somatic education, physical practices & contemplative photography. Research interests include experiential embryology and physiology as models for creative practice, the life cycle, the things we leave behind, and everyday beauty. Kim applies somatic and creative methodologies across a range of applications, including professional and creative development. She has a BA with Honors in Dance from Wesleyan University (Connecticut, USA) and a PhD in Performance Studies from Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia). She is a Certified Practitioner and Teacher of Body-Mind Centering®, and a Registered Somatic Movement Educator and Therapist (ISMETA). Kim has been a movement educator, Pilates instructor and bodyworker since the early 1990s. A student of the Tibetan Buddhist tradition for over 20 years, her arts practice is influenced by Miksang contemplative photography and dance/movement improvisation.
Easy online booking at https://www.trybooking.com/BTWBI
Zoom link will be sent on registration. Classes are recorded for participants.